Release Manager

Release Manager

We are seeking an accomplished Release Manager with 6–9 years of experience to join our Engineering — Software organization. Based in Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, or Gurugram, you will champion end-to-end release and environment governance for complex enterprise applications, ensuring reliable and compliant production outcomes. If you thrive on orchestrating cross-functional delivery, mitigating risk, and driving continuous improvement, we’d love to meet you.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, schedule, and coordinate application releases across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
• Lead change governance processes: conduct impact assessments, secure approvals, manage release calendars, and oversee implementation and post-release validation.
• Drive incident and problem management activities, ensuring rapid triage, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
• Identify, log, track, and report risks, issues, actions, and dependencies; escalate impediments to leadership for timely resolution.
• Maintain configuration management, application inventories, and change documentation to guarantee traceability and compliance.
• Ensure adherence to IT governance, security, and audit requirements—including FOSS (open-source) compliance.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, change advisory boards (CAB), and stakeholder communications across application, infrastructure, security, and business teams.
• Produce clear, data-driven status reports and KPIs for senior management, highlighting release readiness, risk posture, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Promote best practices in CI/CD, automation, and DevOps to optimize deployment quality, speed, and reliability.

Requirements:

• 6–9 years of hands-on experience in release management, change management, or application integration within enterprise environments.
• Proven expertise in IT governance, risk management, and incident/problem management frameworks (e.g., ITIL).
• Strong understanding of FOSS compliance, configuration management, and software delivery controls.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple technology teams, manage dependencies, and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
• Proficiency with ALM / DevOps toolsets such as JIRA, Confluence, Git, Jenkins, or comparable platforms.
• Solid analytical and reporting skills; ability to produce concise dashboards and executive summaries.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Availability to join within 30 days (1-month notice period).
• Willingness to work from Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, or Gurugram offices as per business needs.

Nice to Have:

• Experience in financial-services technology, banking, or capital markets environments.
• Familiarity with regulatory risk platforms, trading systems, or global markets applications.
• Certifications such as ITIL, PMP, SAFe, or Scrum Master.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and infrastructure-as-code.
• Exposure to continuous compliance, security auditing, and open-source software license management.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives and implement DevOps best practices.